French football Division 2 1986-87
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It was contested by 36 teams, and Chamois Niort and MontpellierMontpellier HSC
Montpellier Hérault Sport Club is a French association football club based in the city of Montpellier. The club was founded in 1919 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Montpellier plays its home matches at the Stade de la Mosson, located within the city...
won the championship.
Group A
| Pos | Club | P | Pts | GF | GA | W | D | L | Note |
| 1 | Chamois Niort | 34 | 55 | 48 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 3 | Promoted |
| 2 | Caen SM Caen Stade Malherbe Caen is a professional French football team, playing in the city of Caen, Normandy. The club was founded on 17 November 1913 following the merger of Club Malherbe Caennais and Club Sportif Caennais... |
34 | 48 | 62 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 7 | |
| 3 | Mulhouse FC Mulhouse Football Club de Mulhouse is a French association football club based in Mulhouse. The club was founded in 1893 and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth level of French football. Mulhouse plays its home matches at the Stade de l'Ill located within the city... |
34 | 46 | 54 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 4 | |
| 4 | Stade Reims Stade Reims Stade de Reims is a French association football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1911 under the name Société Sportive du Parc Pommery and currently play in Ligue 2, the second level of French football having achieved promotion to the league following the 2009–10 season... |
34 | 43 | 53 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | |
| 5 | Stade Quimpérois Stade Quimpérois Quimper Cornouaille FC is a French football team from the city of Quimper, Finistère, currently playing in Championnat de France amateur group D . The team used to be known as Stade Quimpérois.-History:... |
34 | 41 | 48 | 36 | 14 | 13 | 7 | |
| 6 | Beauvais AS Beauvais Oise Association Sportive Beauvais Oise is a French association football club based in Beauvais. The club was formed in 1945 as a result of a merger and currently play in the Championnat National, the third level of French football. Beauvais plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre Brisson located... |
34 | 38 | 47 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 11 | |
| 7 | Tours Tours FC Tours Football Club is a French association football club based in Tours, the capital city of the Indre-et-Loire department. The club was formed in 1919 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. Tours plays its home matches at the Stade de la Vallée du Cher located within... |
34 | 35 | 37 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 10 | |
| 8 | Dunkerque USL Dunkerque USL Dunkerque is a French football club based in the commune of Dunkirk.They currently play in the Championnat de France Amateurs Group A. The club's nickname is The Doves. Their kit colours are white and blue. They play their home matches at the Stade Tribut in Dunkirk.-History:The club was... |
34 | 33 | 33 | 41 | 12 | 9 | 13 | |
| 9 | RC Strasbourg RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace... |
34 | 32 | 42 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 14 | |
| 10 | En Avant Guingamp En Avant Guingamp En Avant de Guingamp is a French association football club based in the commune of Guingamp. The club was founded in 1912 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second level of French football, having won promotion from the Championnat National following the 2010–11 season. Guingamp plays its home... |
34 | 32 | 48 | 47 | 10 | 12 | 12 | |
| 11 | Orléans US Orléans Union Sportive Orléanaise Loiret Football is a French association football club based in Orléans. The club was founded in 1920 and currently play in the Championnat National, the third division of French football, having achieved promotion from the Championnat de France amateur in the 2009–10... |
34 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 10 | 13 | |
| 12 | Angers Angers SCO Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest is a French association football club based in Angers. The club was founded in 1919 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second division of French football having achieved promotion to the league in 2007. Angers play its home matches at the Stade Jean Bouin located... |
34 | 32 | 34 | 41 | 9 | 14 | 11 | |
| 13 | Valenciennes | 34 | 31 | 37 | 39 | 10 | 11 | 13 | |
| 14 | La Roche sur Yon | 34 | 29 | 34 | 40 | 9 | 11 | 14 | |
| 15 | Abbeville SC Abbeville Sporting Club Abbeville is a French football club based in Abbeville, Picardie. It was founded in 1901. The club currently plays in the Division d'Honneur, Picardie, the sixth tier of the French football league system.-Honours:*Champions Division 4 : 1978... |
34 | 26 | 28 | 44 | 8 | 10 | 16 | |
| 16 | St Dizier | 34 | 24 | 34 | 52 | 6 | 12 | 16 | |
| 17 | Amiens Amiens SC Amiens Sporting Club is a French association football club based in Amiens. The club was formed in 1901 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. The club plays its home matches at the Stade de la Licorne located within the city... |
34 | 23 | 25 | 56 | 5 | 13 | 16 | Relegated |
| 18 | Red Star Paris Red Star Saint-Ouen Red Star Football Club 93 is a French association football club based in Saint-Ouen located in the northern suburbs of Paris. The club was founded in 1897 and currently play in the Championnat National, the third level of French football... |
34 | 12 | 25 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 26 | Relegated |
Group B
| Pos | Club | P | Pts | GF | GA | W | D | L | Note |
| 1 | Montpellier Montpellier HSC Montpellier Hérault Sport Club is a French association football club based in the city of Montpellier. The club was founded in 1919 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Montpellier plays its home matches at the Stade de la Mosson, located within the city... |
34 | 52 | 73 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 4 | Promoted |
| 2 | Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The... |
34 | 48 | 71 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | |
| 3 | Cannes AS Cannes Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin... |
34 | 45 | 57 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 9 | Promoted |
| 4 | Olympique Alès Olympique Alès Olympique Alès is a French association football club founded in 1923, based in the commune of Alès. The Cévennes club currently playing in the Division d'Honneur Régionale – the seventh division – of the Ligue du Languedoc; the club in the past has played for six seasons in Ligue 1... |
34 | 43 | 47 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 7 | |
| 5 | Bastia SC Bastia Sporting Club de Bastia is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club currently plays in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. Bastia previously had stints in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2... |
34 | 41 | 62 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 10 | |
| 6 | Nîmes Olympique Nîmes Olympique Nîmes Olympique is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was formed on 10 April 1937 and currently play in Championnat National, the third level of French football. The club's only achievement was winning Ligue 2 in 1950 and the Championnat National in 1997... |
34 | 38 | 62 | 45 | 13 | 12 | 9 | |
| 7 | Limoges Limoges FC Limoges Football Club, founded in 1947, are a French association football team based in Limoges, France, who are currently playing in the sixth tier of the French football league system... |
34 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | Relegated |
| 8 | Sète FC Sète FC Sète 34 is a French football club based in Sète and founded in 1900. The club won the French league twice and the French cup also twice . In 1934 they became the first club to win the French league and cup double.... |
34 | 35 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 9 | 12 | |
| 9 | Montceau FC Montceau Bourgogne Football Club Montceau Bourgogne is a French association football team founded in 1948. They are based in Montceau-les-Mines, Bourgogne, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs Group B... |
34 | 34 | 41 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 12 | |
| 10 | Cuiseaux Louhans | 34 | 34 | 41 | 44 | 11 | 12 | 11 | |
| 11 | Gueugnon FC Gueugnon Football Club Gueugnonnais was a French association football club based in Gueugnon. The club was formed in 1940 and played in the Championnat National, the third level of French football, before entering liquidation in April 2011. Gueugnon played its home matches at the Stade Jean Laville... |
34 | 33 | 31 | 42 | 10 | 13 | 11 | |
| 12 | Le Puy | 34 | 30 | 36 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 14 | |
| 13 | Gazélec Ajaccio Gazélec Ajaccio Gazélec Football Club Olympique Ajaccio was founded in 1910. The club is based in Ajaccio, Corsica.- Honours :* French Amateur Champions: 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968.* Corsican Champions: 1937, 1938, 1956, 1957, 1961.-Current squad:... |
34 | 29 | 38 | 51 | 10 | 9 | 15 | |
| 14 | Istres FC Istres Football Club Istres Ouest Provence is a French association football club based in Istres. The club was formed in 1920 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second level of French football having achieved promotion to the league following the 2008–09 season. Istres plays its home matches at the... |
34 | 29 | 33 | 47 | 9 | 11 | 14 | |
| 15 | Martigues FC Martigues FC Martigues play in the Championnat National, which is the third level of football in France. The club was formed in 1921 and played regional football until the early 1970s when the club gained promotion to the professional Second Division.The club's greatest achievement was winning promotion to... |
34 | 27 | 29 | 41 | 9 | 9 | 16 | |
| 16 | Thonon | 34 | 24 | 27 | 45 | 7 | 10 | 17 | Relegated |
| 17 | Bourges FC Bourges Bourges Football is a French football club based in Bourges. In the summer of 2008, FC Bourges, which spent eleven seasons in Ligue 2, merged with Bourges-Asnières 18 football club and became Bourges Football 18, and currently plays in the Championnat de France Amateurs 2... |
34 | 22 | 32 | 60 | 7 | 8 | 19 | Relegated |
| 18 | Béziers AS Béziers (football) Association sportive de Béziers was a French association football team playing in the city of Béziers, Hérault. The team was founded in 1911 and disappeared in 1990, due to financial problems... |
34 | 12 | 18 | 95 | 2 | 8 | 24 | Relegated |